Can I split Time Capsule drive for Windows7 files and Mac OS on different partitions?

Planning to buy Time Capsule to backup my MacBook Pro. Can the drive be split into different partitions making one available for Windows 7 and the other partitions for Windows 7?

Hi Niel,
Thanks for your help. What I understand from your answer is that Time Capsule will be available to Windows7 only for disk images, but not file based and incremental backups. So no point/chance to split the drive. Did I understand you correctly?
Cheers

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